Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-28
THE 6. 4. R. EnCAMPMElR.
An Army Of Fifty Thousand Hen Under
Canvas In St. Louis-Scenes nd
Incidents Of the Reunion.
Details Of the Affair ON the French
Frontier-A Bell Telephone Patent
Sustained-Jake Sharp to Be
sent to Sing Sing, Etc.

lutte from Camp Washington heralded the
dawning Of day this morning for the veter-
ans OF the Grand Army, hnd aroused the
visitors and the committees. whose duties
called them to the early trains. The thin
mist hanging over the city began increasing
and developed into = steady disagreable
rain. However, the West and eOuth
poured in its great crowds as steadily ~
the rain dripped through the clouds. By
noon the Railroads had broughtin 10000
citizen soldiers. and many moro OF their
households are at the depots and camps
All seemed confusion, but order quicklr as
sumed command, and their search for old
regiments and old friends at once began.
The
FEATURE OF THIS ENcAMPMENr
is the sheltering OF large numberso OF old vet
Grams in tents, tried at each encampment
before in small numbers. The plan gave
such satisfs ction and pleasure that it was
decided thus to house the vast plumbers
and the executive committees arranged to
care for q greater concourse OF people on
the field than has ever before been at
tempted in the land except in times OF war.
PERHAPS no canvass city OF such proper.
t,ons has ever been built IN az short q
time. Within two monts :, 800 tents with
ample room for 25. 900 soldiers, more than
there is in the entire United States army,
have been put together, and are now
pitched in
TEN BEAUTIFUL PARKS
of the city all within q radius of two miles.
Headquarters are connected by telegraph
. and convenient dining hails..have been ar
ranged. A bale OF straw makes q mattress
for each tent. The bedding each soldier
brings strapped on his knapsack "r in grips.
Five hundred tents are pitched in Lyon
Park; 800 in Concordia Park; in Hyde
Park 500; Washington Park. $50; Carr
Place, 700; St. Louis, 800; jackson Park,
15O; Forest Park, $50; around the Court
House and in other places. 100, in the
heart OF the city. For several days the
deserted walks and white coverings we're
more like city OF the dead. but tonight
an army OF jovial and tired spirits crowd
| a way all doubt as to whether the boys
! would take kindly to the tents
HAVE BEEN DIsPELLED.
tor on q drizzling and rainy day more ap'
plica.ions for such shelter have been mad
than tents are ready for; but neighboring
hotels and boarding houses offer relief for
the surplus. In many cases the veterans
will stop in camp and house his family near
bv. A peep within the tents this evening
reveals touching scenes. The warrior citi-
| zen only knows the feeling OF such glorious
! "reminiscences. Ever and anon, surg
| ing crowds upon the streets pause to bear
| the bugle call, and then q stem orian voice
calling ont the name OF the company, regi'
ment and State. Sometimes it is call fol
u comrade not eeen for years. Too often
there IL no response but then again an
aDswer-sience IA they meet and then
jubilee. These camps are
FULL OF PATHETIC MEETINGS
after years of separation, and it il this that
draws SO many thousands of tue boys in
blue together. The great camp is u sue
cess, and will become part OF tine G. A. K
enca mpment OF the futnre. Frank P. Blai1
| Post. besides the usual reception to the
visitors to-day. marched to the residence
Of the widow OF Gen. F. p. Blair at noon
and presented her with medal recently
adopted by the Post bearing as medallion
the head OF her late husband, In return
Mrs. Blair presented the Post with the flas
OF the Seventeenth Army Corps command
ed by Gen. Blair during the latter part O
the war. All this afternoon and evening
the arrivals OF veterans and their families
lin squads. groups, posts and divisions. by
regular and excursion trains and by steam
boat, have been incessant. They nave
MARCHED THROUGH MUDDY STREETS
in spite OF rain, to camp and l"dgin
houses. Coming in such unoreanized de
tachments, and failing to report, all at
tempts to keep record or make an est'
ma te Of their numbers have failed. thougl
Those in charge are satisfied that yer.
many more than were counted on hav
come. Every department reports NOR
men, either here or coming, than were frs
announced, and it is safe to say that tn
grand parade will be unprecedentediy larg
and imposing. This evening the visitc
were entertained by receptions at varlou
posts headquarters. At Ransom post
the band enlivened the scene with marta
music, and U. 8. Grant post, OF EIizabe
NJ j., presented Ransom post with haho
aome oil painting Of General Ransom
Blair post were greeted BY number {
speeches and were particularly
AROUSED BY CORPORAL TANNER,
, who touched on the flag isaue, the Presiden
and the possible insult to the Grand Army
Lyon, Hassendeubel and Harding Post
also kept open house to all visitors. OWN
to the inclemency OF the weather the con
mi.tee doubt the expediency of holding tn
pa rade tomorrow and this evening it wa
. agreed that in case of u light rain. or drizz
. the parade should take place as on tn
progra mme, but in case it was impossib
3 to form, or ranks were broken by heavy rail-
the parade would dbspostponeduntilW Wedne
day morning at 10 O'Clock. In the ever
of postponement, the annual encampmer
session proper will not begin until 81
Wednesday afternoon. General Luci'
!. FairchiId, Adjutant General Gray. ~
> others of his staff arrived this e.ening. /
E was met at the depot by General Grier al
mounted staff and was escorted to h
quarters at the Southern Hotel. Ho
Hannibal Hamlin WAS with the Coz
ma nder-in Chiefs party. Mrs: Elizabe,
iDe Arc Kline, National President OF Il
Woman's Relief Corps, arrived from ia
j. Francisco this afternoon.
Bell Telephone Patents Sustained.
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